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Squalidus banarescui Chen & Chang, 2007 |
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photo by
Huang, S.-P. |
| Family: | Gobionidae (Gudgeons) | |||
| Max. size: | 6.3 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
| Environment: | benthopelagic; freshwater | |||
| Distribution: | Asia: Wu (Ta-du) River basin in central Taiwan. | |||
| Diagnosis: | Dorsal soft rays (total): 10-11; Anal soft rays: 9-9. Distinguished from its congeners by the unique combination of the following characters: dorsal fin rays 3+7-8, anal fin rays 3+6, pectoral fin rays 1+13; lateral line scales 34-36, predorsal scale rows 10-11; body robust, the transverse rows of papillae on snout densely arranged and short barbels approximately equal to 1/2 of eye diameter and body greenish-silver on dorsal and silver-white on ventral side; dorsal side scattered with some irregularly black spots; snout with a dark bar on lateral side; belly unmarked or having a few dark spots on lateral side, a row of 6-7 grayish-black longitudinal blotches along lateral side of body; each lateral line scale with an L-shaped black mark; dorsal and caudal fin with few rows of minute black spots; body with longitudinal grayish and silver stripes (Ref. 57944). | |||
| Biology: | ||||
| IUCN Red List Status: | Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435) | |||
| Threat to humans: | harmless | |||